364 EMPLOYMENT OE THE DOG IN HUNTING, ETC. 



the entry given shall be disqualified, and the whole of its stakes 

 or winnings forfeited. No greyhound is tp be considered a puppy 

 which was whelped before the 1 st of January of the year preceding 

 the commencement of the season of running. A sapling is a grey- 

 hound whelped on or after the 1 st of January of the same year in 

 which the season of running commenced. 



4. Payment of Stakes. — All moneys due for nominations taken 

 must be paid at or before the entry, whether the stakes fill or not> 

 and although, from insufficient description or any other cause, the 

 dogs named may be disqualified. No entry shall be valid unless 

 the amount due for it has been paid in full. For all Produce and 

 other Stakes where a forfeit is payable no declaration is necessary ; 

 the non-payment of the remainder of the entry money at the time 

 fixed for that purpose is to be considered a declaration of forfeit. 

 The Secretary is to be responsible for the entry money of all dogs 

 whose names appear upon the card. 



5. Alteration of Name. — If any subscriber should enter 

 a greyhound by a different name from that in which it shall 

 have last run in public, he shall give notice of the alteration 

 to the Secretary at the time of entry, and the Secretary shall 

 place on the card both the late and the present names of the dog. 

 If notice of the alteration be not given, the dog shall be dis- 

 qualified. 



6. Pbefix of " Ns." — Any subscriber taking an entry in a stake 

 and not prefixing the word " Names " to a greyhound which is not 

 his own property, shall forfeit that greyhound's chance of the 

 stake. He shall likewise, if requested, deliver in writing to the 

 Secretary of the meeting the name of the bond fide owner of 

 the greyhound named by him, and this communication is to be 

 produced should any dispute arise in the matter. 



7. Death of a Subscriber. — The death of a subscriber shall 



